On Thu, 8 May 2003 19:53:07 -0500, Lee Daniel Crocker lee@piclab.com gave utterance to the following:
Since the subject seems to have flared up again, I'm writing up my vision of the future of wikitext syntax. I think the desire of some here for double-spaced lists and the clarity of the spec can be reconciled by using a line-break syntax. I like the suggestion "\" (double backslash, in case your mailer screws that up).
So here's how it might work: within a line, "\" gets replaced by a BREAK element inline, so it can be used anywhere (inside headings, tables, etc.). When on a line all by itself, a BREAK element is added to the currently-open block-level element, which then remains open. Any totally blank line closes the element (as it does now).
That doesn't solve the problem of wanting to put a string of block elements within a list item (perfectly legitimate HTML)